Archive for January, 2012

The problem with a blockbuster holiday season is more than a few deserving games are bound to fly under the radar. It may not have gotten the publicity of Skyrim or Saints Row when it launched late last year, but the belated buzz is steadily building for 2D platformer Rayman Origins — with good reason.

In its infinite wisdom, North Korea has issued a warning to its citizens that anyone attempting to leave its borders or use a cell phone within the 100-day mourning period for deceased ruler Kim Jong-il will be considered a war criminal and punished as such, according to The Telegraph. Kim Jong-il died Dec. 17, reportedly

Hey survival-horror fans, are you ready for more Alan Wake? A blog post by Xbox Live’s Larry Hryb, aka “Major Nelson,” confirms a Feb. 22 release date for Alan Wake’s American Nightmare — the follow-up to one of 2010′s more under-appreciated games. The title releases as part of this winter’s Xbox Live Arcade House Party

Conveying horror is tricky business. Find the sweet spot and you’ve struck pure gold. Miss the mark by even the slightest bit, however, and the results are laughably bad. But there’s nothing funny about Amy, a horrendously broken downloadable game for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This monstrosity opens with protagonist Lana aboard a

As you may have read in Saturday’s Sentinel & Enterprise (synergy!), the perennially phenomenal Notre Dame Prep boys’ basketball team recently added 7-foot New Zealand phenom Steven Adams to the roster. Adams joins the Fitchburg school as one of the country’s top prospects, projected as high as third overall in the 2013 NBA draft. Adams began his Crusaders

All right, so I can’t claim this as my own, but if you want to see an almost unbearably adorable slideshow of pigs playing video games, head over to Kotaku. A group of game designers and livestock ethics researchers in the Netherlands are working together on the Playing with Pigs project. Here’s how it works:

You could see this train wreck coming from a mile away. The cards were stacked against Wipeout 2 from the outset. As a Kinect title, a television tie-in and a sequel arriving less than six months after its inept predecessor was booed off stage, the outlook seemed grim for Activision’s motion-controlled party game. In a

I crossed my 500th manual save on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim last night. I know that’s one of the most absolutely meaningless ways to measure game progression, but it’s a milestone nonetheless and it gave me pause to reflect on exactly what had taken place over the past 80-plus hours of adventuring. I came to

I crossed my 500th manual save on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim last night. I know that’s one of the most absolutely meaningless ways to measure game progression, but it’s a milestone nonetheless and it gave me pause to reflect on exactly what had taken place over the past 80-plus hours of adventuring. I came to

Let’s face it, the only reason cats tolerate people is for food and occasional head-scratching. Well-meaning Taylor Veltrop has mechanized half that process. Seen in this video, Veltrop remotely grooms his kitty via a toy robot, controlled by Xbox Kinect, Nintendo Wii remotes, a treadmill and a head-mounted display. The device isn’t exactly shelf-ready yet